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Ireland to Join S.Africa ICJ 'Genocide' Case Against Israel

This is Beirut, 07/11 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ireland intends to join South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice before the end of the year, its foreign minister said on Thursday. Micheal Martin's comments came as the Irish parliament passed a non-binding motion agreeing that "genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in ...

UNRWA and ICJ Favourites to Win Nobel Peace Prize

This is Beirut, 09/10 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday, a ray of light in a dark year for world peace, with the International Court of Justice, UNRWA and UN chief Antonio Guterres seen as favourites. In the final run-up to the announcement, Nobel-watchers are struggling to predict this year's laureate, with wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, famine in ...

Germany Holds Off New Exports of Weapons to Israel

18/09 20:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Germany has paused new arms exports to Israel due to legal challenges, according to a Reuters analysis of data and a source close to the Economy Ministry. Last year, Germany approved weapons exports to Israel worth 326.5 million euros ($363.5 million), a ten-fold increase from 2022, according to data from the Economy Ministry, which approves ...

Turkey Joins South Africa's Israel 'Genocide' Case at ICJ

This Is Beirut, 07/08 18:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Turkey on Wednesday joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. A Turkish parliamentary delegation accompanied by the Turkish ambassador to the Netherlands filed a "declaration of intervention" at the ICJ's headquarters in The Hague, according to state television TRT which covered it live. Turkish ...

ICJ to Give View on Consequences of Israeli Occupation

This Is Beirut, 12/07 19:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The UN's top court will next week hand down its view on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967, a case in which some 52 countries made submissions. Any opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice would be non-binding, but it will come amid mounting international legal pressure on Israel ...

Israel Claims 'Intent' to Renew Gaza Hostage Talks

This Is Beirut, 25/05 18:56 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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An Israeli official said Saturday the government intended to renew talks for a Gaza hostage release deal in the coming days, after a meeting with mediators in Paris. "There is an intention to renew the talks this week and there is an agreement," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. The Israeli official did not elaborate on what had ...

Israel Slams South Africa in Top UN Court Over Genocide Allegations

This Is Beirut, 17/05 13:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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During a hearing at the International Court of Justice, Israel strongly rejected South Africa's accusations of genocide in Gaza and its calls for an ordered ceasefire. Israel lashed out Friday at South Africa's case before the UN's top court, describing it as "totally divorced" from reality, as Pretoria urges judges to order a ceasefire in ...

South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide at The Hague

This Is Beirut, 16/05 11:38 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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As over 600,000 people have fled Rafah since Israel's invasion of the city, South Africa has accused Israel of "genocide" urging the International Court of Justice to order a halt to the Israel-Gaza War. South Africa accused Israel Thursday at the top UN court of stepping up what it called a "genocide" in Gaza, urging judges to order a halt to ...

ICJ Denies Nicaragua's Gaza 'Genocide' Request

This Is Beirut, 30/04 18:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The UN's top court threw out Nicaragua's request on Tuesday for emergency measures to stop Germany sending military supplies to Israel because of its action in the Gaza war. International Court of Justice presiding judge Nawaf Salam said that the circumstances presented to the court did not warrant "provisional measures." Nicaragua hauled ...

ICJ to Rule on Germany/Nicaragua Gaza Genocide Case

This Is Beirut, 26/04 18:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The top UN court said it will rule Tuesday on charges by Nicaragua that Germany is breaching the 1948 Genocide Convention by supplying weapons to Israel for the Gaza war. Nicaragua has brought Germany before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to demand judges impose emergency measures to stop Berlin from providing Israel with weapons and ...

What Are the Prospects of War Ending? 

26/02 08:59 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Aside from wishful thinking and peaceful yearnings, we have not seen, so far, concrete proposals on how to put an end to the ongoing cycles of violence and move to another stage of discursive conflict resolution. While reviewing the various proposals, we observe that very few of them have come up with working solutions that are likely to draw the ...

For Pretoria, Israel's 'Apartheid' Worse than South Africa's

This Is Beirut, 20/02 12:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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What Israel does in Palestinian territories represent an even more extreme version of apartheid than what was experienced in South Africa before 1994, Pretoria told the International Court of Justice on the 20th of February.  Israel is applying an even more extreme version of apartheid in the Palestinian territories than experienced in South ...

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